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Re: less problem


Chris,

Chris Faylor wrote:
> >See attached for the rxvt and vt100 entries.
> 
> That is not a patch, unfortunately.
> 
> The key here is that you wanted me to do something for you.  I am
> willing to do it but it is in your best interests to provide me with
> something that is standard (i.e., a patch) and will require minimal
> effort on my part to work with.
> 
> A patch just requires that I type cd /somedirectory; patch < somefile.
> It does not require that I inspect the file in question and try to
> determine where to put things.  It's only marginally more work for me
> but I'd like people to be in the habit of sending patches, just like
> every other free software mailing list in the world.

Thank you for your edification.  When submitting patches in the
future, I will only use the above mentioned format.

Regarding this patch -- it seems like Michael Ring beat me to it.

Jason

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